Dispensing vessel.



H. VON MEYER.

DISPENSING VESSEL.

APPLICATION EILED DEO. 30, 190'1.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

To all whoml it may concern.'

HANS VON BAEYER, OF MUNICHLGERMANY.

.PATENT onirica.

DISPENSIN G VESSEL.

le it known that I, HANS voNBAEYEm-a cltlzen of Germany, residing at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Im vrovements in Dispensing' Vessels; and I do ereby declare the following `to be a full, clear and exact description of thel invention, such as will enable others skilled inv the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Vessels in the form of bottles with devices for dispensing substantially equal uantities of liquid, more especially lfor medicine or the like, and having a hollow space in the bottom or lower art and anl outlet channel or passage lea g upwards, are already known. Such dispensing bottles had hitherto the disadvantage that the channel was difficult to clean on account of its being situated inside the bottle and es ecially because of its comparatively great ength, a disadvantage that might lead to serious `consequences in the case of vessels used chiefly by sick ersons. A further ob'ection to bottles of t 's kind was the fact t at when the liquid flowed back in the channel after use, drops were formed, which remained in the-tube and, when the vessel was again used, were ushed forward by the oncoming liquid an often spurted into the patients face. In order to remedy these disadvantages the present invention 1s made in the form of a cup, the outlet channel being arranged on `vthe outside of thevessel and eading upwards on the side opposite 'to the inlet or opening for filling the vessel; this outlet channel has further at or near its u er end an enlarged space to prevent t' e iormation of drops.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the vessel according to the resent invention is shown in Fi ure l in sectlon, in Fig. 2 in a front view an inl Fig. 3 in a plan'view.

rihe vessel -acontains at the top an inlet *bw and at the bottom, on the same side as -l an outlet leadin into the channel *cunder the bottom oi the vessel. This channel -chas its continuation in the narrower channel or pipe -d leading u wards parallel to the walls or sides of t e vessel and arranged on the side opposite to the inlet -b-; this latter channel is enlarged at -Z- near its outer end and terminates in the mouth-piece or s out -e-.

'Feet f are provided for t e vessel to stand upon when not in use and two handles l Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 30, 1907. Serial No. 408,622;

'Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

conveniently hold the vessel out of the spout -euntil no further liquid `liows. A. quantity. of liquid will now remain in the vessel corres onding to the space Jbounded by the line -A in Fig. 1, this line corresponding to the level of the liquid when the vessel has been tilted and the su eriluous liquid has run ofi, as explained a ove. li' 'the vessel is now brought back into the u right position a certain quantity of liquid will again enter the channels c and -d. vAnd now, each ltime the vessel .is tilted, a nearly equal quantity of liquid w1ll issue from the spout -e-, this quantity being very slight y reduced after each snc# cessive dispensing of liquid, the reduction" being caused by and corresponding with the lowering of the level in the channel -d-. In order to make this reduction so small that it may be practically neglected, or, in other words, to secure practically equal quantities being dispensed each time the vessel 1s used, said outlet channel -dis made of very small interior diameter.

This vessel has the following advantages: Itis practically impossible for the patient to spill the medicine when taking the same; the patient always receives a certain measured uantity or he cannot exceed a certam quantity; and further, the narrow outlet and consequent slow outlow of liquid will prevent the patient from taking too large gulps, as 1s often the'case with invalids. The enlargement of the outlet channel at -lprevents the projection into the face of the atient of .drops which may be formed 1n t e outlet channel when the vessel is, after' use, again erected. The edges of the inlet -bpi-oject inwardly, as shown Fig. 1, 1n order to prevent, as much as` possible, any spllhng or spurting of the liquid.

at ll claim as my invention and deslre to secure b Letters Patent, is:

l. In a ispensing vessel, a cup divided by a 'horizontal partition into an upper storage chamber and a lower measurin chamber, the

l chambers intercommunicating at kthefsame side as the inlet, and an outlet pipe extending from the lower chamber vertically on the outside of the cup to a point higher than the 2. In a dy'spensing vessel, a cup cup interior and on the side opposite the inlet chamber vertically on the outside of the cup to a point higher than the cup interior andon the side opposite the inlet and communicating opening and then bent away'from the cp, that portion of the outlet pipe corresponding in elevation to thecup interior being of restricted cross-sectional area with an internal enlargement at the bend.

correspondlng in In a dispensing vessel, a cup divided by l a horizontal partition into an u per storage chamber and a lower measuring c amber, the up er chamber havin an inlet at one side an near the top and te two chambers intercommunicating at the same side as the inlet, and an outlet pipe extending from the lower chamber'vertically on the outside of the cup to a point higher than the cup interior and on the side opposite the inlet and communicating opening, that portion of the outlet ,pipe

e evation to the cup interior being of restricted cross-sectional area,

and said outlet pipe having an internal enl largement near its outer extremity above the level of the cup interior.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix `my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

HANS VON BAEYER.

Witnesses:

HILDEGARD voN BAEYER, Fnrrz MITTELBERGER. 

